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vow
English
Etymology
From Middle English vowe, voue, that from Old French vut, in turn from Latin v?tum (“a promise, dedication, vow”), from vov?re (“to promise, vow”). Doublet of vote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
vow (plural vows)
- A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
- A declaration or assertion.
- (obsolete) A votive offering.
- 1786, Richard Payne Knight, The Worship of Priapus:
- There are also waxen vows, that represent other parts of the body mixed with them; but of these there are few in comparison of the number of the Priapi.
- 1786, Richard Payne Knight, The Worship of Priapus:
Usage notes
- One normally makes or takes a vow, or simply vows (see below).
- Commonly mentioned vows include those of silence, obedience, poverty, chastity, and celibacy.
- 'to keep/pay/fulfill a vow' = to honor a vow
- 'to break a vow' = to dishonor a vow
Translations
Verb
vow (third-person singular simple present vows, present participle vowing, simple past and past participle vowed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make a vow; to promise.
- When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.
- 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory
- We do not vow that we will never sin, nor neglect a duty (nor ought we to do so).
- (transitive) To make a vow regarding (something).
- The wronged woman vowed revenge.
- To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
- The rebels vowed to continue their fight.
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Further reading
- vow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vow in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vow at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- WOV, WVO
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vower
English
Etymology
vow +? -er
Noun
vower (plural vowers)
- One who makes a vow.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)
Anagrams
- revow
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Etymology
From Middle English four, from Old English f?ower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar. Cognates include English four and Scots fower.
Numeral
vower
- four
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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